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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447011140601 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • nationaldispoffice@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "daisy hans" <daisyhans03@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:29:58 -0500
Subject: Ref: BTL/101OXI/02

 

The United Kingdom National Lottery
P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

 

Ref: BTL/101OXI/02
Batch: 12/25/0340
ATIONAL LOTTERY
NOTIFICATION DESK

 

We happily announce to you the draw (#718) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on 14th April 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:02.06.21.24.31.03 subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 4 draw results Prize breakdown Thunderball.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

 

This is from a total cash prize of 2,000,000,00 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match draw results Prize breakdown Thunderball.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, ssociations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place bianually.

Please, note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your #250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our courier department.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program. Please be warned !!!.After filling for your claim, please contact our dispatchofficer and provide him with the following details below:

 

MR PULE ROBERT
(Dispatch officer)
EMAIL :nationaldispoffice@excite.com 
190 - 194 Main Street
Barrhead Glasgow G78 1SL
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL:+44 701 114 0601

(Dispatch Services)

 

1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number (Country

Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10 Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell

Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Draw Number above:
13. Annual income:
14. Email Address:

 

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
DAISY HANS(Mrs.)
Director.International Promotions Unit
Copyright 1994-2006 The British

International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -

Guideline
77635 476378 255667460

 

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